OOC Standing Orders

OOC Rules for War

These are the OOC rules for War Season 2008. Intentionally breaking these rules, or accidentally breaking and then covering it up will lead to sanctions against your character and may lead to sanctions against the entire army by the War GMs.

No Healing of Engaged Soldiers. Before healing any soldier through war, their combat timers must have stopped.

No picking up unconscious soldiers in battle. Any capturing (including enemy captures of Firans) or healing of unconscious soldiers will take place after the battle unless WarGMs allow otherwise owing to IC circumstance.

Battles, Missions, Scouting operations and Skirmishes will go onto the @calendar. Only the WarGMs or the First General should @cal these. Other pre-planned war events (game of tackleball, punishment square, temple ceremonies, medal awards etc.) should also include the WAR prefix to ensure they're clear on the @cal.
All Combat actions at war MUST be accompanied by a pose. Any that are not, will not be considered real. It will be considered twinking to run the code without posing.

We know that there are some small bugs that will still need to be worked out. Minor bugs will be considered 'fog of war', my sword got stuck in my belt, etc. Players should find a way to turn them into IC. Major bugs will be evaluated later and if necessary repercussions will be retconned. Along with this, there is a duty to report bugs to the WarGMs. All bugs whether helpful or harmful to the Firans must be reported.

Players who are late to the battle may enter mid-battle, but they will have to deal with the IC repercussions of that decision. For instance, they will not have a defender assigned, etc.

Previously prison breaks were not allowed at all. They may be possible this season with a GM only.

The free escapes and deaths earned previously are at the discretion of the First General and must be @requested.

The IC Orders channels are to be used as IC Orders only. They should be treated as Poses which can convey information. Flag signals, shouts, whistles etc.

Dogs are for camp guard use only. They are not to be used in battles. Dogs may only be taken on missions or scouting sorties with the permission of the WarGM running that mission.

Mail to and from war is at the discretion of the WarGMs depending on IC circumstances. There will be posts announcing when mail will be sent back to Anarinuell. All mail must be sent on a scroll labelled with the name of its intended recipient.

Characters who are offline during battles may still be used to fight in them. See Help @offline and news offline war policy. Players who are late to a battle require a WarGM to allow them to enter the battle. They should ask on the help channel for this.

Military Messengers are available for sending and receiving military messages at war only. They are not to be used to send messages back to Anarinuell. Doing that requires either one of the regular scroll-mail drops, or a bird messenger.